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The purpose of the mentally ill facilities was not to treat

The article discusses the flawed design of institutions for mentally ill individuals, highlighting that these facilities were not intended for treatment but rather served as de facto storage places. It criticizes the system for housing patients with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and psychosis alongside people with developmental disorders like Down syndrome on the same wards. The article also notes that diagnoses were often based on moral judgments, prejudices, misunderstandings, and even self-serving or material motives, rather than consistent medical criteria.

Sistem je bil zgrešen že v zasnovi, saj so v istem zavodu prebivali pacienti s hudimi duševnimi boleznimi, denimo shizofrenijo, in ljudje z razvojnimi težavami, kot je Downov sindrom

Uredništvo 16. 6. 2026

V članku z naslovom Težavna dediščina, ki ga lahko v celoti preberete v novi posebni številki Mladine NOROST , novinar Mladine Gregor Kocijančič piše o tem, da namen zavodov za duševno bolne ni bilo zdravljenje, ampak so to bila odlagališča.

"Za zidove gradu Cmurek je bil marsikdo pahnjen popolnoma po krivici, saj v tovrstno ustanovo sploh ni spadal. Med njimi so bile tudi tako imenovane histerične ženske, kar je bil ohlapen pojem, v katerega je bilo mogoče stlačiti skoraj vsako obliko vedenja, ki je odstopalo od družbenih pričakovanj. Diagnoza ni temeljila na doslednih medicinskih merilih, temveč pogosto na moralnih sodbah, predsodkih, nerazumevanju ter preračunljivih in sebičnih, celo materialnih vzgibih," je zapisal Gregor Kocijančič.

"Sistem je bil zgrešen že v zasnovi, saj so v istem zavodu in celo na istih oddelkih prebivali pacienti s hudimi duševnimi boleznimi, denimo shizofrenijo in psihozami, in ljudje z razvojnimi težavami, kot je Downov sindrom."

"Sistem je bil zgrešen že v zasnovi, saj so v istem zavodu in celo na istih oddelkih prebivali pacienti s hudimi duševnimi boleznimi, denimo shizofrenijo  in psihozami, in ljudje z razvojnimi težavami, kot je Downov sindrom. V zgodnjih letih zavoda, ki je bil leta 1949 ustanovljen kot 'dom onemoglih', je bilo tudi mnogo nekdanjih vojakov s posttravmatskim stresnim sindromom, ki so jih takrat imenovali partizanski shizofreniki," je še poudaril Kocijančič.

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The purpose of the mentally ill facilities was not to treat

The article discusses the flawed design of institutions for mentally ill individuals, highlighting that these facilities were not intended for treatment but rather served as de facto storage places. It criticizes the system for housing patients with severe mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and psychosis alongside people with developmental disorders like Down syndrome on the same wards. The article also notes that diagnoses were often based on moral judgments, prejudices, misunderstandings, and even self-serving or material motives, rather than consistent medical criteria.

Bias read (Left): The article presents a critical perspective on institutional practices, emphasizing systemic failures, lack of proper medical standards, and the mistreatment of vulnerable groups. This framing aligns with progressive critiques of institutionalization and calls for reform, which are typically aligned

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